The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-22


one OF their old time frolics on Thursday.
! There is one thing certain says the
! Chronicle, ''the Hussars never forget their
| lady friends, and we were shown at Day,
Iannahin & Col beautiful prize for the
! ladies to contend for. Capt. Clark informs
us that every man will be out for inspection
| Thursday morning, and the Hussars will re-
| vive once more the good old days"
Harrison English, negro cripple, was
| locked up Sunday afternoon at Atlanta
| charged with assault with intent to murder
A negro named Howard Taylor was quietly
sleeping on Decatur street sidewalk that
| afternoon, when English crept up to him
with razor in his hand and attacked him
with it, cutting a terrible cash in his right
leg. English says that he cut the man be-
cause he is always abusing and fighting him.
English Is paralytic and said TO be idiotic.
The wound which he inflicted upon Taylor
IS very painful, but hardly dangerous.
Alapaha Star: During the revival in the
Methodist church at this place an old and
very practical member was called onto pray.
That morning he saw several of his neigh
bors, armed with fishing poles, pass his place
on their way to the river This furnished
him theme and he prayed about as fol-
lows: "Oh, Lord, saw several of my friends
this morning going down into the Laphaw
swamp fishing instead Of coming to church.
Good Lord, send hornets and wasps and
NSAlOh tdtktUS anu morse MES ana yellow
flies and redbugs, and make them sting them
and bite them till they are forced to flee
from the swamp and seek shelter in the
church
An alteration between two boys, Outland
and Cross, at the Sandersville and Augusta
depot Sunday afternoon, came near culmi-
mating seriously. Gross cursed a smaller bov
| than himself, who was on the grounds, APP
plying an objectionable epithet. Outland
hearing of it came up and asked Gross if it
was true, which he acknowledged with en-
phass. Outland struck him with his fist,
when Crose drew knife, which was con-
cealed up his sleeve and began cutting Out
land, who drew his pistol and fired once at
Gross. Friends INTERVIEWED and prevented
further trouble Outland is cut badly in
three places, but the wounds are not consid-
cred dangerous
About o'clock Monday evening quite
| little excitement was created on Broad
street, Augusta. The gale of wind that was
SO welcomely received Monday afternoon,
blew down the electric light wire that ran
across from the Augusta Hotel The wire
fell toward a dray belonging 10 John Dosch-
er. The drayman, Green Cook, 10 keep it
from striking his mule, caught the wire, and
was keeled from his mule to the ground
senseless. He touched it with one hand
only, hence his escape from more serious
| injury. The wire touched the mule,
which ran away, but was soon coralled.
Immediately after horse being driven up
the street touched the wire with his foot re
ceiving shock and running away. Then
dog came in contact with the wire, receiv-
ing a severe shock which drove him mad
White heat on the ground marked where the
wire was stretched. The excitement was as
intense as the shocks, but things were soon
| gotten in shape again, and the wire placed
| out or reach OF man and beast.
Two weil-known young men of Atlanta
| were leisurely walking along South Pryor
| street, within five blocks of the station
| house on Friday night, about o'clock,
when two men suddenly stepped from behind
a tree and hurled two big rocks at them,
| striking one on the feshy part of his left leg
| The assailants then fed down South Pryor
\ street 1t is thought that the object of the
| would-be assaSsins was robbery, but they
| were prevented from robbing the young
men because they ran under a street lamp.
| The matter was reported to the police, who,
if possible, will apprehend the scoundrels
| THIS bold attack, almost in the heart of the
| city, shows that South Pryor street should
be more thoroughly policed. People were
/ seated on their porches when the attack
was made, and there are lights all along
| the street South Pryor street is getting to
be dangerous locality, and it is folly to
/ talk of extending the city limits when the
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| protect the persons of pedestrians almost
within call of the station house.
Sunday two young men and their bicycles
| arrived in Atlanta. They left Niagara
| Falls ON May 81, and, with the exception of
about sixty.five miles, the entire distance
| between Niagara and Atlanta has been coy
cred by the wheelmen on their machines.
The names of the bicyclists are George G..
| Bowen, of Medina, N. ", and &. I. Gurn-
sey. of Macon, GA. Mr.. Gurnsey spent the
winter at the North, and when he started
| home Mr.. Bowen concluded to accompany
him, both deciding TO make the trip on their
machines. Leaving Niagara on the last of
May they have Travelled almost constantly
since, averaging fifty-five miles per day.
| The first five days were made through heavy
| rains, but since then fair weather has en-
| abled them to get along more rapidly. The
! bicyclists left for Macon Monday. Mr.
| Bowen, the New York wheelman, will
spend some time in Georgia, principally in
Macon. The bicycle tournament in Athens
| early in July will draw the presence of
| both gentlemen, who will attend as specta-
| tors, and may possibly enter some of the
| contests.
Wesley Freeman (coloreD was shot and
| instantly killed about o'clock Sunday
afternoon. Squire Searcy, colored boy
| about 10 years old, did the shooting. The
| difficulty occurred about three miles below
| Griffin near the Central railroad. Freeman
and Searcy met on the railroad track.
| Searcy dunned Freeman for Soc, which
| Freeman refused to pay because Searcy had
broke two banjo strings of his Searcy agreed
| to pay for the strings if Freeman would
| pay what he owed him. Freeman refused
to do this, and began to curse Searcy, and
dared him to fight Freeman walked from
the railroad track into the road, pulled off
his coat and took half empty whisky flask
| from his pocket, threw it on the ground and
told Searcy that he would kill him, or
Searcy must kill him right there. Freeman
picked up two rocks, threw one at Searcy,
who lodged it. Searcy then drew his pistol
and fired. The first shot hit Freeman near
the left nipple, Freeman threw a second
rock, when Searcy shot second time, and
Freeman fell and died in few minutes.
Searcy has escaped. The shooting attracted
| large crowd, and great deal of excite
ment was created. Three or four hundred
people congregated around the body.
Brunswick Appeal. Sunday at noon,
when the sun was shining its hottest, Mr.
| Jeter's little girl came over to Mr.. Hopkins.
just across Broadway, TO let him know that
his sidewalk was afire. Upon going out Mr..
| H. found blaze coming up between the
cracks of the planks-no sooner had he put
| it out than he noticed other places smoking.